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來源 Troy L. Perkins (1905-1995) 收藏，肯塔基州，得於任職美國駐中國副領事期間，約1940年A ‘HUANGHUALI’ CORNER-LEG LOW TABLE (ZHUO) QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon frame construction with a two-board, flush, tongue-and-grooved, floating rectangular panel supported by three dovetailed transverse stretchers, the molded edge of the frame with a groove in the center and and tapering inward to end in a narrow flat band, all above the recessed waist and the curvilinear, beaded-edged apron, made of one piece of wood and exquisitely carved with intertwining foliate motifs and confronting chilong, half-lapped onto and mortised and tennoned into the legs, the upper section of each full leg in the shape of a short cabriole leg, joined to the apron by scrollwork spandrels, continuing to the cylindrical lower section of each leg Height 22 in., 55.8 cm; Width 41. in., 106.4 cm; Depth 25 in., 63.5 cm ;PROVENANCE ,Collection of Troy L. Perkins (1905-1995), Kentucky, acquired while serving as a United States Vice Consul to China, circa 1940. Inspired by the detachable Summer-Winter tables, this rare design is found in both square and half-table formats. Unlike the dual usage Summer-Winter tables, the kangzhuo section is fanciful, an appealing concept that necessitated a lavish amount of expensive hardwood and allowed the carvers an opportunity to display their joinery and decorative skills. For a Summer-Winter table see the example from the Dr. S. Y. Yip collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th October 2015, lot 118. Both a square and half-table form examples are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, vol. 1, pls 74 (square) and 85 (half). The half-table example in the Palace Collection, Beijing features the same decorative motifs and is of a similar width to the present example which has been reduced in height.
